Steve wrote:- >` Sure there's a bunch of repetition and some decent shop tools make things easier but it is the lightest weight and best performing track design bar-none! I'm very proud with the way T005 turned out.`
I myself am a fan of TTS . My new Marder III is of the TTS variety , using a TTS doesn’t limit you to wheel widths as others systems do , is much easier to clean after driving through mud and for me ( this time round ) the parts were totally free. For anyone who has access to a few items such as treadmill belting , oak for the treads , pillar drill and professional rip / cross cut saw, it’s the business . Also a few decades of practical `making things` skills help out enormously. However if I was a 16 year old school boy with limited access to quality machine tools , Id be leaning more towards bolting some 3 inch hinges together. I would be thinking of having the drive sprocket made for me ,it’s the sprocket that is the tricky part in either system. I have experimented myself with friction drive when building T055 and finishing T027 ( both very light tanks ) and personally I think a damp corner of the world like the UK isn’t the place for it. You should be very proud with T005 Steve, it along with a few others gave me great inspiration when I first started building these things. Neil ` its you fault me house isn’t finished ` R --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You are currently subscribed to the "R/C Tank Combat" group. To post a message, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] Visit the group at http://groups.google.com/group/rctankcombat -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
